Merge branches 'expcb.2026.07.24a', 'misc.2026.07.30a', 'rcu-tasks.2026.07.30a', 'srcu.2026.08.11a' and 'torture.2026.08.14a' into HEADgrafted

Changes:

Make expedited grace periods expedite normal RCU callbacks

Miscellaneous fixes:
 * Improve diagnostic output with character task states.
 * Mark accesses to inform KCSAN of concurrency design.
 * Move from kmalloc() to kmalloc_obj().
 * Documentation updates.
 * Improve handling of RCU deferred quiescent states.
 * Clean up unused function arguments and structure fields.
 * Reduce show_rcu_gp_kthreads() stack space.

Tasks RCU updates:
 * Clean up after SRCU re-implementation of Tasks Trace RCU.
 * Mark accesses to inform KCSAN of concurrency design.
 * Add ->lazy_timer status to diagnostic output.
 * Remove an unnecessary memory barrier.
 * Fix a data race, courtesy of KCSAN.
 * Documentation updates.
 * Convert cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs() from macro to static inline
   function.

SRCU updates:
 * Add Rust helpers for SRCU.
 * Avoid losing queued work at cleanup_srcu_struct() time.

Torture-test updates:
 * Preparation work for immediate RCU priority deboosting.
 * Test RCU readers from real interrupt handlers (as opposed to softirq).
 * Simplify code through use of cpumask_next_wrap().
 * Improve diagnostic output with character task states.
 * Add rcutorture.nwriters parameter to allow lightweight stall testing,
   and rcutorture.stall_only to make doing so easier.
 * Test an RCU Tasks Trace grace period implying an RCU grace period.
 * Make RCU Tasks Trace torturing track reader batches.
 * Fix a data race, courtesy of KCSAN.
 * Plug a shuffle_tmp_mask memory leak on kthread spawn failure.

4 files changed, 146 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/ipe/Makefile b/scripts/ipe/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e87553fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ipe/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+subdir-y := polgen
diff --git a/scripts/ipe/polgen/.gitignore b/scripts/ipe/polgen/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6f05cf3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ipe/polgen/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+polgen
diff --git a/scripts/ipe/polgen/Makefile b/scripts/ipe/polgen/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c20456a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ipe/polgen/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+hostprogs-always-y	:= polgen
+HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += \
+	-I$(srctree)/include \
+	-I$(srctree)/include/uapi \
diff --git a/scripts/ipe/polgen/polgen.c b/scripts/ipe/polgen/polgen.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01134cf89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ipe/polgen/polgen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020-2024 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+static void usage(const char *const name)
+{
+	printf("Usage: %s OutputFile (PolicyFile)\n", name);
+	exit(EINVAL);
+}
+
+static int policy_to_buffer(const char *pathname, char **buffer, size_t *size)
+{
+	size_t fsize;
+	size_t read;
+	char *lbuf;
+	int rc = 0;
+	FILE *fd;
+
+	fd = fopen(pathname, "r");
+	if (!fd) {
+		rc = errno;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	fseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
+	fsize = ftell(fd);
+	rewind(fd);
+
+	lbuf = malloc(fsize);
+	if (!lbuf) {
+		rc = ENOMEM;
+		goto out_close;
+	}
+
+	read = fread((void *)lbuf, sizeof(*lbuf), fsize, fd);
+	if (read != fsize) {
+		rc = -1;
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+	*buffer = lbuf;
+	*size = fsize;
+	fclose(fd);
+
+	return rc;
+
+out_free:
+	free(lbuf);
+out_close:
+	fclose(fd);
+out:
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int write_boot_policy(const char *pathname, const char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	FILE *fd;
+	size_t i;
+
+	fd = fopen(pathname, "w");
+	if (!fd)
+		return errno;
+
+	fprintf(fd, "/* This file is automatically generated.");
+	fprintf(fd, " Do not edit. */\n");
+	fprintf(fd, "#include <linux/stddef.h>\n");
+	fprintf(fd, "\nextern const char *const ipe_boot_policy;\n\n");
+	fprintf(fd, "const char *const ipe_boot_policy =\n");
+
+	if (!buf || size == 0) {
+		fprintf(fd, "\tNULL;\n");
+		fclose(fd);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	fprintf(fd, "\t\"");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+		switch (buf[i]) {
+		case '"':
+			fprintf(fd, "\\\"");
+			break;
+		case '\'':
+			fprintf(fd, "'");
+			break;
+		case '\n':
+			fprintf(fd, "\\n\"\n\t\"");
+			break;
+		case '\\':
+			fprintf(fd, "\\\\");
+			break;
+		case '\t':
+			fprintf(fd, "\\t");
+			break;
+		case '\?':
+			fprintf(fd, "\\?");
+			break;
+		default:
+			fprintf(fd, "%c", buf[i]);
+		}
+	}
+	fprintf(fd, "\";\n");
+	fclose(fd);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, const char *const argv[])
+{
+	char *policy = NULL;
+	size_t len = 0;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	if (argc < 2)
+		usage(argv[0]);
+
+	if (argc > 2) {
+		rc = policy_to_buffer(argv[2], &policy, &len);
+		if (rc != 0)
+			goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	rc = write_boot_policy(argv[1], policy, len);
+cleanup:
+	if (policy)
+		free(policy);
+	if (rc != 0)
+		perror("An error occurred during policy conversion: ");
+	return rc;
+}